December 6, 2012
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Health & Safety Newsletter December 6, 2012 |
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Climate Models Project Increase in U.S. Wildfire Risk
Scientists using NASA satellite data and climate models have projected drier conditions likely will cause increased fire activity across the United States in coming decades. Other findings about U.S. wildfires, including their amount of carbon emissions and how the length and strength of fire seasons are expected to change under future climate conditions, were also presented Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. Doug Mortonof NASA`s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., presented the new analysis of future U.S. fire activity. The analysis ... | ||
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What makes railway noise annoying? Research investigates
A new study into the impact of railway noise has revealed that it is not just the level of noise that contributes to annoyance for local residents, but also the number of trains and the vibrations they cause. As railway transport is likely to increase in coming years, plans are needed to reduce these effects. A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that one in three individuals in Europe is annoyed by environmental noise during the daytime and one in five suffers disturbed sleep at night as a result of traffic noise. Although railway traffic noise disturbs fewer people ... | ||
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